Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Wedding ring engraving

[Paul Predkiewicz <paul.predkiewicz@gmail.com>]

Thanks alot, now i just hope it fits in the ring :D


On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Michael Turniansky
<mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>   The short answer is "no".  "mi'e" assigns what "mi" refers to, but it
> doesn't itself fill a spot in the sentence.  So what you proposed means "I
> am Bird, Cat is loved".  What you CAN do is something like "mi no'u la cipni
> cu prami la mlatu" (or equivalently "la cipni no'u mi prami la mlatu" (you
> can also use "goi" instead of no'u in these two sentences, as well))
>                 --gejyspa
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Paul Predkiewicz
> <paul.predkiewicz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh i see. I wasn't aware of that.
>>
>> Well, the reaccuring la remains though, which i somehow find slightly
>> unaesthetic, so what about my idea of using {mi'e}?
>> Another reason why i ask if {mi'e} can be used is that {la cipni ku
>> prami la mlatu} sounds like a very generic statement. Like "The monkey
>> eats a banana." instead of {mi'e cipni ku prami la mlatu} which kind
>> of adds the info that cipni is the one saying this and for me it
>> sounds more like a confession.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Lindar <lindarthebard@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > You're actually perfectly allowed to use {cipni} and {mlatu} as names,
>> > but
>> > you have to terminate them.
>> >
>> > {la cipni ku ze'e prami la mlatu}
>> > {la mlatu ku ze'e prami la cipni}
>> >
>> > Perfectly valid Lojban.
>> >
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